Re-envisioning Chinese Education (Paperback)

Guoping Zhao

ISBN 10: 1138575925 / ISBN 13: 9781138575929

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, 2017

Paperback. Maintaining education as a pedagogical space for human formation, this book is distinctive in looking at the crisis rather than the success of Chinese education. The editors and contributors, mostly overseas and mainland Chinese scholars, argue that modern Chinese education has been built upon a superficial and instrumental embrace of Western modernity and a fragmented appropriation of Chinese cultural heritage. They call for a rethinking and re-envisioning of Chinese education, grounded in and enriched by various cultural traditions and cross-cultural dialogues. Drawing on Chinese history and culture, Western and Chinese philosophies, curriculum and pedagogical theories, the collected volume analyzes (1) why education as person-making has failed to take root in contemporary China, (2) how the purpose of education has changed during the process of Chinas modernization, and (3) what a rediscovery of the meaning of person-making implies for rethinking and re-envisioning Chinese education in the current age of globalization and social change. Re-envisioning Chinese Education: The meaning of person-making in a new age discusses among other issues: Chinas Historical Encounter with the West and Modern Chinese Education Rediscover Lasting Values: Confucian Cultural Learning Models in the Twenty-first Century Rethinking and Re-envisioning Chinese Didactics: Implications from the German Didaktik Tradition The New Basic Education and the Development of Human Subjectivity: A Chinese ExperienceThis book will be relevant for scholars, researchers, and policy makers everywhere who seek a more balanced, more sophisticated, and philosophically better grounded understanding of Chinese education. This book is distinctive in looking at the crisis rather than the success of Chinese education. The editors and contributors, mostly oversea and mainland Chinese scholars, make a case for rethinking the purpose and practice of Chinese education. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781138575929

Synopsis:

Maintaining education as a pedagogical space for human formation, this book is distinctive in looking at the crisis rather than the success of Chinese education. The editors and contributors, mostly overseas and mainland Chinese scholars, argue that modern Chinese education has been built upon a superficial and instrumental embrace of Western modernity and a fragmented appropriation of Chinese cultural heritage. They call for a rethinking and re-envisioning of Chinese education, grounded in and enriched by various cultural traditions and cross-cultural dialogues. Drawing on Chinese history and culture, Western and Chinese philosophies, curriculum and pedagogical theories, the collected volume analyzes (1) why education as person-making has failed to take root in contemporary China, (2) how the purpose of education has changed during the process of China’s modernization, and (3) what a rediscovery of the meaning of person-making implies for rethinking and re-envisioning Chinese education in the current age of globalization and social change. Re-envisioning Chinese Education: The meaning of person-making in a new age discusses among other issues:

• China’s Historical Encounter with the West and Modern Chinese Education
• Rediscover Lasting Values: Confucian Cultural Learning Models in the Twenty-first Century
• Rethinking and Re-envisioning Chinese Didactics: Implications from the German Didaktik Tradition
• The New Basic Education and the Development of Human Subjectivity: A Chinese Experience

This book will be relevant for scholars, researchers, and policy makers everywhere who seek a more balanced, more sophisticated, and philosophically better grounded understanding of Chinese education.

About the Author:

Guoping Zhao is Professor at the College of Education, Oklahoma State University, USA.

Zongyi Deng is Associate Professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Re-envisioning Chinese Education (Paperback)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new